Making Personal Goals

After I posted about what motivates me at work, I realized that I could not really think of anything that motivated me outside of work.

I had nothing that made me want to go to the gym, make me a better person, or even strive to achieve more in school. I have begun to look for little things in life that motivate me and I feel a lot more fulfilled after only a few weeks. It feels really good to have goals to work towards and reasons to try to do better.

One of my goals that I have been working on is becoming more active. I used to be so good at going to the gym or running outside, and I loved doing it. I loved my workout wardrobe, making friends to be active with, and I felt like a million bucks after a long run. Recently with all of this house and work stress I have gotten out of that habit and I decided that I need to find some personal life motivators.

There is a girl from work that is 5'5" and 280 pounds. She was recently pregnant and lost the baby because of preventable health issues. She decided to change her life after her tragedy by cleaning up her diet, her kid's diets, and their sedantary lifestyle. She gets herself on the treadmill and runs 3 miles every day, takes her kids to the park, and packs everybody a healthy lunch each night. Her dedication to feeling good made me wonder why I don't take better care of myself. I have less than half of the responsibilities that she does.

I have been talking with her a lot and it has helped me get my own act together and start taking care of myself. I make time to do what I love and I stay active because it helps me feel good all day.

I get up every morning at 5:30 to walk the dogs before work. I only go for about 15 minutes, but it really sets the day off to a great start knowing that I got up and out so early. I have made sure that I keep plenty of veggies in my house and I have learned quite a number of ways to prepare them. My boyfriend actually likes them, he'll even take the leftovers to work sometimes!

My goal is to get active and healthy enough to train for the Chicago half-marathon in September. Wish me luck!